Draft-equalizer.



` IIRATIIN'ILED JAN.1 2, 1906.

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NILS N. EGGE, OF JOIGE, IOWA.

DRAFT-EQU'LlZER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 2, 1906. A

Application filed January .9, 1905. Serial Noi 240,267.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, NILs N. EGGE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Joice, in the county of Worth and State of Iowa, haveinvented a new and useful Draft-Equalizer, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to draft-equalizers, and is designed to providean improved device of this character especially arranged for use inconnection with plows, either gang, riding, or walking, and it isproposed to provide for adjusting the connection of the device withplow-beams or the like to accommodate the device to different numbers ofdraft-animals.

With these and other objects in view the present invention consists inthe combination and arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter morefully described, shown in the accompanying drawings, and particularlypointed out in the appended claims, it being understood that changes inthe form, proportion, size, and minor details may be made within thescope of the claims without departing from the spirit or sacrificing anyof the advantages of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a plan view of adraft-equalizing device'embodying the features of the present invention.Fig. 2 is a cross-sectional view on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is adetail sectional view on the line 3 3 of Fig. 1.

Like characters of reference designate corresponding parts in each andevery ligure of the drawings.

The present device includes what will be termed the main long evener-bar1 and the supplemental shorter evener-bar 2. A substantially U-shapedclip or loop 3 embraces the inner end of the main evener-bar, to whichit is rigidly connected in a substantially horizontal position, with theclosed end portion of the loop projected at the inner end of theevenerbar, the supplemental evener-bar being pivotally connected to theextremity of the loop, as at 4. As best indicated in Fig. 3, it will benoted that upper and lower plates 5 and 6 are secured to thesupplemental evener-bar 2 and projected at the inner end thereof, so asto produce a slot or bifurcation within which the projected portion ofthe loop 3 is received, whereby the two evener-bars are overlapped andpivotally connected, as at'4, at a point intermediate of the ends of thesupplemental bar, but adjacent its inner end.

A yoke or pair of links 7 embrace the inner end portion of theevener-bar 1 and are pivotally connected thereto by a suitable fastening8, which pierces the bar in frontof the longitudinal center thereof, therear ends of the links being designed to straddle a horizontallydisposedclevis 10, carried by a plow-beam 11 and perforate to receive afastening 12, preferably a bolt, which may be engaged with any of theseats of the clevis. A cross head or bar 13 is fulcrumed intermediate ofits ends between the links 7, as indicated at 14, and has one endconnected to the inner end of the supplemental bar 2 by means of apairof links 15, which embrace the plates 5 and 6 and are pierced by a boltor suitable fastening 16, which works in the loop 3. The opposite end ofthe cross-head or cross-bar 13 is provided with a rigidrearwardly-directed and horizontally-bifurcated arm 17, looselystraddling the clevis and adjustably connected thereto by a bolt orsimilar fastening 18. The outer ends of the two evener-bars are providedwith the respective openings 19 and 20,0r other suitable means may beprovided for the connection of swingletrees and doubletrees with therespective @vener-bars.

From the foregoing description it will be noted that the present deviceis entirely complete in itself and may be readily connected to aplow-beam or the like without any change in the latter, and toaccommodate the device 'to dierent numbers of draft-animals theconnections 12 and 18 with the plow-beam may be separated and spreadaccording to the number and disposition of the draft-animals which areto be connected to the evener-bars.

Having fully described the invention, what is claimed is- 1. In adraft-equalizing device, -the combination of a main evener-bar, asupplemental evener-bar fulcrumed thereon, a draft connection extendingrearwardly from the main evener-bar independently of the supplementalevener-bar, a cross-head fulcrumed intermediate of its ends upon thedraft connection, a connection between one end of the cross-head and thesupplemental evener-bar, and a draft connection at the other end of thecross-head.

2. In a draft-equalizing device, the combination of a main evener-bar, asupplemental evener-bar fulcrumed intermediate of its ends upon theinner end portion of the main evenerbar, a draft connection extendingrearwardly from the main evener-bar, a cross-head fulcrumed intermediateof its ends upon the draft connection, a connection between one end ofthe cross-head and the inner end of the IOO supplemental evenerbar, anda draft connection carried by the other end of the cross-head.

3. In a draft-equalizing device, the combination of pivotally-conncctedmain and supplemental evener-bars, a draft connection extendingrearwardly from and carried solely by the main bar, and another draftconnection extending' rearwardly from and carried solely by thesupplemental bar and having a portion crossing and pivotally connectedto the draft connection of the main bar.

4. In a draft-equalizing device, the combi- V nation of a mainevener-bar having a transverse slot adjacent its inner end, asupplemental evener-bar having its inner end bifurcated andStraddlingthe slotted portion of the main evener-bar, said supplementalbar being fulcrumed upon the inner extremity of the main bar, a draftcon'nection extending rearwardly from the inner end portion of the mainbar, a cross-head fulcrumed intermediate of its ends upon the draftconnection, links extending between one end of the cross-head and theinner end of the supplemental bar, a pivotpin connecting the links andthe inner end of the supplemental bar and working in the slot of themain bar, and a draft connection at the opposite end of the cross-head.

5. In a draft-equalizing device, the combination of a main evener-barhaving a substantially U-shaped loop embracing the inner end of the bar,a supplemental bar having its inner end bifurcated and straddling therloop to which it is pivotally connected at the inner end of thebifurcation, a draft connection extending rearwardly from the inner endp0rtion of the main bar, a cross-head fulcrumed intermediate of its endsupon the draft connection, links connected to one end of the cross-headand embracing the bifurcated inner end of the supplemental bar, apivotpin piercing the links and the supplemental bar and working in theloop of the main bar, and a draft connection carried by the other end ofthe cross-head.

' In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have heretoaflixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

NILS N. EGGR Witnesses:

G. I-I. BELSHEIM, S. C. GARDNER.

